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Resonance and acid-base chemistry

Lessons

Counting electrons

Resonance structures

Organic acid-base chemistry

Lessons

Counting electrons Resonance structures Organic acid-base chemistry

Counting electrons

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Comparing formal charges to oxidation states

Formal charge on carbon

Formal charge on nitrogen

Formal charge on oxygen

Oxidation states of carbon

Organic oxidation-reduction reactions

Resonance structures

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Resonance structures

Resonance structure patterns

Resonance structures for benzene and the phenoxide anion

Common mistakes when drawing resonance structures

Resonance structures and hybridization

Organic acid-base chemistry

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Acid-base definitions

Organic acid-base mechanisms

Ka and acid strength

Ka and pKa review

Using a pKa table

Using pKa values to predict the position of equilibrium

Stabilization of a conjugate base: electronegativity

Acid strength, anion size, and bond energy

Stabilization of a conjugate base: resonance

Stabilization of a conjugate base: induction

Stabilization of a conjugate base: hybridization

Stabilization of a conjugate base: solvation